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Radiohead fans still waiting for new album (Updated 06/13/2014)

Back in February 2013, Colin Greenwood said he expected Radiohead to start work on its ninth studio album at the end of the summer. While said album has yet to materialize, the members of Radiohead were excited to take a 'proper break' for a while.

All was fairly quiet from that point, at least until you fast forward to February 2014 when Radiohead released the "Polyfauna" ap for Android and iOS phones. The release was an experimental collaboration between the band and the British digital arts studio Universal Everything, and uses imagery and music from the "King of Limbs" sessions.

It was confirmed by Jonny Greenwood in early April that Radiohead would regroup to discuss plans for the long-awaited new studio album. In an interview with NME he said the "slow moving animal" (that would be Radiohead) would "meet up at the end of summer" to make plans for the future. He did note that the band members remain focused on side projects, and thus there is no timetable for the reunion.

Greenwood himself has spent the last year taking part in a pretty cool project, spending time writing scored music for small string groups. Namely, he had a residency with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and more recently worked with the London Contemporary Orchestra. He also played one show with the LCO at the Wapping Project in London, and on Saturday June 14 will play at the wind tunnels in Farnborough, Hampshire (though neither space is intended for concerts).

Thom Yorke sours on Spotify, streaming music (Updated July 18, 2013)

Listings from the fastest-growing music-streaming service in the world will be looking a little more spot-y these days, thanks in large part to the frontman of Radiohead.

Singer Thom Yorke announced via Twitter on July 14, 2013 that his music would be pulled from Spotify, reigniting what has been a long-running debate about music-streaming services and low revenue payouts. And it was Yorke specifically who has accused the service, which has 25 million active users, of paying artists as little as 4 cents per stream.

Yorke's solo efforts have thus been expunged from Spotify, but Radiohead albums will remain on the service under a previous licensing deal with EMI. But it's a debate that has put Yorke, and thus Radiohead, back in the spotlight over what's fair and unfair to musicians looking to make a decent payout for streaming music.

On a different front, Yorke recently talked about plans for his future as well as Radiohead's. He told Interview magazine that his original plan was to take a year off, but that Johnny Greenwood has "film stuff" going on and Phil Selway is doing a record. He also noted that the band is doing "bits and bobs" due to a "mountain of unfinished chords and ideas and words."

Translation? While there's nothing on the table since the day Radiohead recorded two new songs with White Stripes guitarist Jack White, Yorke and Goodrich released a studio album "Amok" with their band Atoms for Peace. That tour began in July.

About Radiohead

Heavy keyboard medleys, choppy guitar rhythms and anomalous percussion combine to form the eccentric sound of one of England's biggest bands. One can argue it may not define the group's signature sonancy, but for Thom York (vocals, guitar), Ed O'Brien (guitar, vocals), Jonny Greenwood (guitar), Colin Greenwood (bass), and Phil Selway (drums), the combination has proven staying power. These are the members of Radiohead, a band formed as students at Oxford University in 1988 and still churning out electronic-tinged hits more than two decades later.

Once known as a young act with a few decent songs, Radiohead found stardom with its debut single "Creep" in 1992. It became a global hit several months after the release of freshman album, "Pablo Honey," and the United Kingdom really took notice of the group with sophomore follow-up "The Bends" in 1995. Two years later "OK Computer" gave them true international fame.

Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, with sales in the 1990s and 2000s finding critical acclaim. This includes the projects "Kid A" (2000), "Amnesiac" (2001) and "Hail to the Thief," with that 2003 album marking the band's last release for major record label, EMI. A seventh album, "In Rainbows" was made available to fans as a digital download in 2007, and "The King of Limbs" was released independently in 2011.

Known for their endless touring, tragedy befell the band on June 16, 2012 when drum technician Scott Johnson was killed and three other crew members were injured when the stage collapsed at Downsview Park in Toronto before concert-goers entered the grounds. The show was cancelled and Radiohead's next tour dates in Europe were rescheduled. Radiohead paid tribute to Johnson and their stage crew at their next concert, which took place in Nîmes, France in July.

Radiohead Discography

Album name

Release date

TKOL RMX5

2011

TKOL RMX1

2011

TKOL RMX 1234567

2011

TKOL RMX6

2011

TKOL RMX3

2011

TKOL RMX2

2011

The King of Limbs Live From the Basement

2011

The Daily Mail / Staircase

2011

2011-09-28: Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA

2011

The King of Limbs

2011

TKOL RMX8

2011

Supercollider / The Butcher

2011

TKOL RMX4

2011

TKOL RMX7

2011

Harry Patch (In Memory of)

2009

These Are My Twisted Words

2009

The Best of Radiohead

2009

Rocks Germany 2001

2008

Jigsaw Falling Into Place

2008

Nude

2008

In Rainbows: From the Basement

2008

The Best Of

2008

2008-07-08: Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany

2008

Reckoner

2008

2008-07-01: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008

Thumbs Down (Webcast)

2007

Album Box Set

2007

In Rainbows

2007

Kid 17

2006

1990 Demos

2006

27 5 94: The Astoria London Live

2005

Beats and Breaks

2005

Everything in its Right Place

2005

Com Lag: 2plus2isfive

2004

Towering Above the Rest

2004

2 + 2 = 5 (disc 1)

2003

Hail to the Thief. (The Gloaming.)

2003

Interview CD

2003

There There

2003

not my fault.

2003

2003-03-07: La Reservoir, Paris, France

2003

Go to Sleep (disc 2)

2003

I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings

2001

Remix Project

2001

College EP

2001

Coup d'État

2001

2001-05-28: Vaison-la-Romaine, France

2001

8 Outtakes From Amnesiac

2001

Amnesiac

2001

Pyramid Song

2001

Knives Out (disc 2)

2001

2000-06-15: Teatre Tivoli, Barcelona, Spain

2000

Kid A

2000

Looking Back at...

2000

2000-06-17: Arènes De Frejus, Fréjus, France

2000

World Ballads Collection

1999

Airbag / How Am I Driving?

1998

No Surprises (disc 1)

1998

College Karma EP

1998

OK MTV

1997

Karma Police (disc 1)

1997

No Surprises / Running From Demons

1997

Computer K.O.

1997

Lost Treasures 1993-1997

1997

High & Dry: Live Package

1997

OK Computer

1997

Paranoid Android

1997

Climbing Up the Walls

1997

Street Spirit (Fade Out)

1996

High & Dry

1996

The Bends Pinkpop

1996

The Bends

1996

Pop Is Dead

1996

High & Dry / Planet Telex (disc 2)

1995

The Bends

1995

The Bends (bonus disc: Live EP)

1995

Just

1995

Live Au Forum

1995

Fake Plastic Trees

1995

Live at the Astoria

1995

1995-04-25: Live Europe 1

1995

My Iron Lung

1994

My Iron Lung (disc 2)

1994

Itch

1994

Creep (Black Session EP)

1994

Pablo Honey

1993

Stop Whispering

1993

Pop Is Dead

1993

Anyone Can Play Guitar

1993

Drill

1992

Creep

1992

Union Street Demo

1990

Top 10 Radiohead Songs

Rank

Track Name

Play Count

Listener Count

1

Karma Police

734,933

206,514

2

Creep

707,589

193,846

3

Paranoid Android

548,756

172,077

4

No Surprises

580,593

167,690

5

Lotus Flower

491,940

135,651

6

High And Dry

433,506

135,650

7

Fake Plastic Trees

431,743

130,597

8

Everything in Its Right Place

405,767

125,475

9

Airbag

331,917

122,258

10

Let Down

344,743

115,988

News

November 19, 2014

Radiohead's Philip Selway Reveals New Video, Tour Dates

Radiohead’s drummer Philip Selway released his sophomore solo EP, Weatherhouse, on October 7 via Bella Union, and he’s just unveiled a video for the single, “Around Again” (you can view it below). In addition to the single, Selway has also added some tour dates! He’ll start off in Amsterdam, NL at Paradiso Noord on February…